Byzantine Chain Basic Directions

a.k.a. Birds Cage Chain, Birds Nest Chain, Colley Chain, Idiots Delight Chain, Kings
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Aspect ratio: 3.5

1. Close 2 blue rings and put them on a tail wire.

2. Close 2 green rings through the blue rings.

3. Close 2 red rings through the green rings.

4. Flip the red rings back, one to each side, and

insert a pick between the green rings and pick up
the red rings from the inside.

5. Close two blue rings through the hole where the

pick was. This pair of rings now has the role of
the first pair of blue rings.

6. Close 2 green rings through the blue rings.

John Fetvedt
bijoux-de-terre.com

7. Close 2 red rings through the green rings.

8. Flip the red rings back, one to each side, and

insert a pick between the green rings and pick up
the red rings from the inside.
9. Close two blue rings through the hole where the
pick was. These two blue rings lock in the
pattern of the Byzantine Chain, and are the first
pair of rings in the next pattern (or the end of the
chain).

John Fetvedt
bijoux-de-terre.com